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TOPS Pro 5.0
will be
released in the next few months. Some of the key new features include:
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Easy
to use one-click templates: Set up your own templates for routine package design
sequences |
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New
CASY styles:
Design trigger top bottles, pinch tubes, and rounded rectangular
shapes |
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Enhanced graphic
options: You will now be able to better show the contents of a shipcase on a
pallet and/or pop open the corner case on a pallet to reveal its
contents |
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Stacking
strength for non RSC |
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U.S.
Customer Special
Upgrade
& Save on TOPS
Pro
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 Upgrade
your stand-alone copy to a network license for only $500.
To save more, get additional network licenses for only $995
each
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Offer
Expires 5/31/2003
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Are
you using MaxLoad
2.65 ?
Can you load railcars?
Can you do a nested/staggered pattern with your loads? Can you set axle weight
limits? If the answer is no, it's
time to upgrade to MaxLoad version 2.65. The new release offers
lots of enhancements and these sample additional functions:
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Assign piece counts for
SKUs |
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Allows nest/stagger
pattern to create more stable and efficient loads |
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New loading rules |
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Improved
mixed pallet stackability |
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Support
maximum axle weight |
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To
add caps, trays, slipsheets, or to rotate the layers of your
unitload, calculate your analysis, then activate the 3-D Unitload view and go to Edit/Layer
Parameters. |
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Can’t quite see the
backside of that Unitload? When viewing a primary pack, master pack,
Unitload, or truck you can rotate the view on all of these items to
see a different angle. Simply click on the 3- image you would like to
rotate and hold down your shift key while using the arrow keys on your
keypad. |
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Did you know that you
can change the terminology that TOPS uses to identify carton, tray,
shipper, sea van, etc? Select Tools/Language/Edit- select the word you
want to change and then type in the new word you want to replace it
with and click on the update button. TOPS will now replace your old
text string with the new terminology. |
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If you do not get the
solution you desire, go to the Options tab of the Pick List and adjust
the Algorithm settings. |
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Load by priority loads
the important items onto the truck first, and then successive items will
be loaded in order of importance. Load by stop off is the opposite,
loading the last items to be delivered on a truck first. |
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Not seeing %
cube on your manifest listing? Click
on the SKU field under the Manifest list, and then select
Edit/Properties. |
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Time for Another Training?
The MVP
program for your TOPS software entitles you to one free day of training.
You have the option of having one of our representatives come onsite or if
you prefer your group can come to our world headquarters in Dallas, Texas.
The training is a great way get up and running on your software as well as
having a one on one personal question and answer session with a TOPS
representative. If you would like to check on the status of your MVP,
please give us a call at 972-739-8677 and ask for the MVP department or
email us at mvp@topseng.com.
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Create a Mixed
Product Load for Club Store Display
Your TOPS Pro software
includes the MixPro module which offers a "virtual" staging
area to create mixed product loads for display. Use the MixPro Tray Editor to create a special tray containing
different items and use the MixPro Pallet Editor to arrange the trays with
other shipcases and design a special pallet for display in the aisles of
club stores.
Here's the
details...
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Effective Packaging at Club stores
New materials, new
configurations, and new graphics are all available to companies who want
to sell into club stores.
Consumer product marketers are plenty sophisticated when it comes to
developing their brands’ primary packaging for the grocery, convenience
store, and drugstore channels. But they often miss an opportunity for
creating greater brand appeal in the wholesale club store environment
because they don’t make effective use of their corrugated shippers and
display trays. In the club environments, shippers become the primary
packaging—and packaging designers have begun to take note. There’s
more to club packaging than just bulk sizes... Read
full article
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